was stopped twice following crashes . The last crash was perhaps the most fateful , race leader Biddle and the man who was threatening , Chandler , colliding at the end of the front straight with just two laps left to run ... 19-year-old Fuller rode around them both as they slid across the track and , with that , he not only celebrated his first 600cc race win of the series but he also secured the No . 3 spot for the championship .
PRO TWINS It was a similar story of first-time glory for Napier ’ s SJ Cavell , who rode sensibly to rise from second overall at the start of the weekend and clinch the outright win in the closelycontested Pro Twins 650cc class ahead of Whangamata ’ s Jarad Horn and Taupo ’ s Karl Hooper . “ I ’ ve been riding bikes six years and this was my third national championships campaign ,” said the 35-year-old Cavell . “ I started well last year but crash after crash meant my season unravelled . This season was all about just coming back and my goal was to be
in the fight coming into the last round and I was . “ I ’ m really happy to get a race win under my belt early today . I had done the calculations before the last race and it was a case of weighing up risk versus reward and I didn ’ t want to push when I didn ’ t have to . I caught up to ( Te Kauwhata ’ s ) Chris Defiori and ( Whangamata ’ s ) Ben Rosendaal in the last race , but realised the risk of trying to pass wasn ’ t worth me potentially not winning the title . He says he won ’ t be back to defend his title because he ’ ll instead be racing in the Supersport 600 class in 2022 .
SUPERSPORT 150 & 300 Meanwhile , Invercargill ’ s 14-year-old Cormac Buchanan successfully defended his Supersport 150 title and , for the first time , he won the Supersport 300 class crown as well . In all , Buchanan qualified fastest in both classes at every round and also won all but one race in the series , 16 wins from 17 starts . In the sidecars class , Tauranga duo Barry Smith and Stu Dawe qualified fastest in this class at all
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